Necktie-fastener.



Patented Nov. I4, 1899.

J. 0.' HUNT.

NEGKTIE FSTENER.

(Appliemon mad Aug. 24, 189s.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICEZ..

JESSE ORRA HUNT, OF CAIRO, ILLINOIS.

NECKTlE-FASTENER.

SPEGIFIGATIoN forming part of Lettere Patent Ne. 636,996, dated November14, 189e. Application filed August 24,1898. Serial No. 689,417i (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JESSE ORRA HUNT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cairo, in the county of Alexander and State of Illinois,have invented a new and useful Necktie-Fastener, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention is a safety necktie-fastener for use on all kinds ofready-made neckwear, but more especially on bow-ties; and the object inview is to provide an article Which will prevent the tie from moving inany direction when properly adjusted for the fastener to be engaged withthe collar-button.

A further objectof the invention is to provide an article of simple andinexpensive construction which may be easily and securely fastened to atie, may be quickly engaged with or disengaged from a collar-button, andwhich is not liable to break or get out of order.

With these ends in view the invention consists in the novel constructionand arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings,forming a partof this specivication, in Which- Figure 1 is a perspective view lookingat the rear side of an ordinary bow-necktie. Fig. 2

lis a vertical sectional view taken transverselythroughthetieandthefastenertherefor. Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspectiveView of the fastener detached from the tie. Fig. 4 is a detailperspective view of the clasp-spring. Fig. 5 is a detail view of thesheet-metal blank from which the body of the fastener is made. Fig. 6 isa sectional elevation on the planeindicated by the dotted line 6 6 ofFig. 2, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow.

Like numerals of reference denote like and corresponding parts in eachof the several iigures of the drawings.

Y The body lO of my improved necktie-fastener is stamped or struck upfrom a single piece of sheetmetal in theform represented by Fig. 5 ofthe drawings. This metallic blank consists of a fiat angular plate 11and an elongated shank 12, which extends from one edge of the plate. Inpreparing the blank to produce a body which may be conveniently fastenedto the necktie the shank and plate are bent or folded, as at 13, tobring the parts into parallel relation to each other, and this plate 11,is provided at its corners with transverse apertures 14, adapted toreceive the stitches by which the body 10 may be secured to thefastener. The free end of the offstanding shank 12 is bifurcated toproduce the forks 15 16, which are spaced and shaped to form the throat17, leading to an opening 18 in the shank, and the width of this throatis less than the diameter of the opening, so that the shank of thecollar-button may readily pass through the throat and enter the opening18 in applying the fastener and necktie to the collar-button. The shankl2 of the metallic body has an arm 19 made integral therewith, and thisarm extends from one edge of the shank adjacent tothe forked extremitythereof When the body is struck up in blank form. (Represented in Fig.5.) The arm 19 is doubled or bent across the shank and around theopposite edge thereof, as at 20, thereby forming a keeper 21, which isarranged on one side of the shank and is adapted to receive thespring-clasp 22 in a manner to confine the latter properly in place onthe fastener-body.

The spring-clasp is made from a single piece of wire, which is bent intothe doubled stem 24 and the bowed arms 25. The arms are curved laterallyfrom each other, and at their free extremities they are bent reverselytov their bowed portions into the loops 26, and the tension of thespring-clasp is sufficient to close the arms toward each other, andthereby y bring the loops 26 normally in contact. The spring-clasp isfitted to the inner face of the shank 12, so as to lie between the plate1l and the shank, and the folded extremity of the stem 24 is arrangedagainst a thickened portion 23 of the shank. This stem of thespringclasp is secured firmly in place to the body by a rivet 26, whichis attached to the thickened portion 23 of the shrank and is headed uponthe doubled stem 24 of the spring-clasp, thus firmly securing the stemof the clasp against the inner face of the body-shank. The springclaspis arranged on the shank of the body for the bowed arms 25 thereof to besubstantially coincident with the edge of the opening 18 in thebifurcated shank; but the looped extremities 26 of the spring-claspextend normally across the throat 17 of said shank in IOO order toprevent the fastener from becoming disengaged accidentally from theshank of the collar-button.

My improved fastener may be readily attached to any kind of a necktie,and in the exampleillustrated by the drawings the plate l1 is designedto be fitted in the folded portion of the tie orbow. The plate isconcealed normally by the fold of the tie, and it is attached thereto bythe threads or stitches 27, which are passed through the fabric and theapertures l-l of the plate ll. The shank, with the spring-clasp mountedthereon, lies at the rear of the tie, and the forked end of the shankand the free end of the arms forming a part of the spring-clasp aredisposed in vertical positions for the easy application or detachment ofthe fastener to or from a collarbutton at the front of the shirt-band.After passing the band of a necktie around the collar the operator movesthe tie in an upward direction for the forked end of the shank toembrace the stem of a collar-button, and a continued movement of the tieand the fastener causes the button-shank to pass through the throat 17,spread the spring-clasp, and enter the opening 18 of the shank. As thebutton-stem enters the opening of the shank and the space between thebowed arms of the spring-clasp said arms of the clasp instantly returnto their normal positions, and the clasp is thus made to embrace thestem of a collar-button in a manner to prevent the fastener and the tiefrom moving in any direction and wholly overcomes any tendency of thefastener to be detached accidentally from the collar-button. Todisengage the fastener, it is only necessary to pull downwardly on thetie, and thus disengage the bifurcated shank and the spring-clasp fromthe collarbutton, whereby the tie may be easily removed.

It will be observed that the looped extremities of the spring-clasppresent curved edges to the rounded stem of a collar-button, and this isadvantageous because the clasp is made to yield or give to a pull 011the necktie, so that the clasp operates automatically in fitting thefastener to a collar-button andY disengaging it therefrom; but at thesame time the tension of the spring-clasp is strong enough to overcomeaccidental separation of the fastener from the collar-button. Thespring-clasp of my fastener is carried or supported on acomparatively-stiff sheet-metal body, which takes up practicallyall thestrain on the fastener when it is in service and contributes materiallyto the strength of the fastener, besides providing for its readyattachment to a necktie.

The device is simple in construction and can be manufactured verycheaply. It is readily applied or attached to any ordinary ready-madenecktie, and it is efficient and reliable in service.

Changes may be made in the form of some of the parts, while theiressential features are retained and the spirit of the invention em?bodied. Hence I do not desire to be limited to the precise form of allthe parts shown, reserving the right to vary therefrom.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is- 1.Anecktie-fastenercomprisinganattachin g-plate, a shank paralleltherewith and connected at one end thereto and provided at its oppositeend with aforked extremity,a springclasp comprising terminally-connectedelastic arms normally closed at their free ends across the throat in theforked shank and secured at their connected ends to the inner surface ofthe shank, and a keeper-loop 'extending transverselyof the shank andattached thereto between the forked end thereof vand the point ofattachment of the elastic arms, the said keeper-loop embracing the armsjust below the button-receiving opening and serving to brace said armsat the base of the fork while permitting their extremities to springfreely apart, substantially as described.

2. In a necktie-fastener, a body struck up from a single piece of sheetmetal and comprising a flat plate and a shank which is donbled upon theplate to lie parallel therewith, said shank provided with a forked free'e'X- tremity and with a laterally-projecting arm which lies below saidforked extremity and is doubled around the shank to form a keeper on theinner face thereof at the base of the fork, combi-ned with a spring-wireclasp fitted against the inner face of the shank within the keeperthereof and 'arranged for its bowed arms to be closed normally acrossthe throat of the forked shank, and a fastening yfor ati taching thelower end of the clasp to the shank below the keeper, substantially asdescribed.

3. Anecktie-fastenercomprising an attaching-plate, an integral shankconnected at one end thereto extending parallel therewith and having afork at its free end, terminally-'connected spring-arms arranged betweensaid plate and shank and secured at their connected ends to the shankand having their free ends arranged to close across the throat of thefork, and a keeper-loop integral with the shank and extendingtransversely across the inner surface of the shank and embracing thespring-arms at the base of the fork, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JESSE ORRA HUNT.

Witnesses:

SAML. HASTINGS, EMMA S. RILEY.

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